Food for China New Year (with English translation)
Given the importance of food in China culture, it is not surprising that food plays a major role in China's New Year celebrations. Given the importance of food in China culture, it is not surprising that food plays an important role in celebrating the New Year in China. Lucky food will be served during the 15-day Spring Festival celebration. "Lucky food" is sometimes based on appearance. For example, offering a whole chicken during the New Year in China symbolizes the integrity of the family. Noodles represent longevity (an old superstition says that cutting noodles will bring bad luck). Spring rolls symbolize wealth because they are shaped like gold bars. Lucky food is sometimes based on appearance. For example, eating a whole chicken during the New Year in China symbolizes the integrity of the family. Noodles represent longevity (old superstition says that cutting noodles will bring bad luck). Spring rolls symbolize wealth because they are similar in shape to gold bars. On the other hand, a food may sound meaningful because of its name. For example, the meaning of "lettuce" in Cantonese is similar to that of "lucky strike", so it is very common to fill other "lucky foods" with lettuce leaves. Oranges and oranges are distributed free of charge during the New Year in China, because their names sound like "luck" and "wealth" respectively. On the other hand, grapefruit, the great ancestor of grapefruit, food may become very important because its name sounds lucky. For example, the meaning of the word' lettuce' in Cantonese is similar to increasing wealth, so lettuce leaves are served with other lucky foods. During the Spring Festival, people give out oranges and oranges for free because their names sound like "luck" and "wealth" respectively. Grapefruit is the ancestor of grapefruit. It stands for richness because its Chinese word sounds like the verb "you". Fish also plays an important role in festival celebrations. The Chinese word "fish" sounds like both "hope" and "abundance". Therefore, on New Year's Eve in China, people are used to serving a fish at the end of dinner, which symbolizes the hope of prosperity in the coming year. In order to add symbolism, the whole fish is served, head to tail, symbolizing the good beginning and end of the coming year. Fish also plays an important role in celebrating festivals. The Chinese pronunciation of fish sounds like desire and richness. Therefore, at the end of the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, there is usually a fish, which represents the desire for prosperity in the coming year. Restaurants should serve whole fish with head and tail. Its complementary significance lies in that it symbolizes a good beginning of the new year. Snacks like rice cakes also have symbolic meanings. Their sweetness symbolizes a rich and sweet life, and the layer symbolizes the foundation for the rise in the coming year. Finally, the circle means family reunion. Glutinous rice cake snacks are also symbolic. The sweetness of glutinous rice cakes symbolizes the richness and sweetness of life, layers of glutinous rice cakes symbolize the richness of life in the coming year, and finally the circle represents family reunion. Jiaozi (a kind of jiaozi) is a "lucky food" that must be tasted during the Spring Festival. Its Chinese pronunciation means "midnight" or "the end and beginning of time". It is said that jiaozi was first known in China about 1 600 years ago. According to historical records, in ancient times, people in the north and south of China would eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival. The shape of jiaozi is similar to an ancient gold and silver ingot or crescent moon, which symbolizes the hope for a bumper year. Jiaozi is a lucky food that must be eaten during the Spring Festival. In Chinese pronunciation, it means "midnight" or the end and beginning of time. It is said that jiaozi in China was first known before 1600 years ago. According to historical records, in ancient times, northerners and southerners in China ate jiaozi on New Year's Day. The shape of jiaozi is similar to the ancient gold and silver ingots and crescent moons, representing the hope of a bumper harvest in the coming year. Although jiaozi is very popular in the north, a rice pudding called rice cake (or rice cake) is one of the most popular foods in the south. In Chinese, "Gao" is a homonym of "Gao". This kind of food symbolizes the progress and promotion of middle age in work and life. It is a sweet and sticky brown cake made of rice flour and sugar, and it is a rectangular sticky white cake. Steamed, fried, fried eggs and even cold food are delicious. Although jiaozi is very popular in the north, the most popular in the south is rice pudding called rice cakes or rice cakes. In Chinese, the homonym of "Gao" is "Gao". The New Year cake symbolizes progress and promotion in work and life. It is a sweet and sticky brown cake made of rice flour and sugar, a rectangular white glutinous rice cake. The glutinous rice cake is delicious when steamed, fried with eggs and even eaten cold. Lantern Festival is an important traditional festival in China, which is on the first month of the lunar calendar 15, marking the end of the New Year celebrations in China. Besides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the festival is to eat Yuanxiao (or dumpling, a small dumpling made of glutinous rice flour). Obviously, the name comes from the festival itself. The stuffing is sweet and round, which symbolizes the unity, integrity and happiness of the family.